137

8.—7

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS XIV.—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND COMMERCE- continued.

18— B. 7.

tem. Item. 1916-17. AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, AND COMMERCE— continued. £ £ VOTE No. 72— continued. Fields Division— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. 82 Experimental seeds and plants for distribution ... 100 83 Extra clerical assistance ... ... ... 50 84 Grading grain ... ... ... 10 85 Grading New Zealand hemp ... ... ' 50 86 Grant towards expenses Canterbury Seedgrowers' Association ... "... ... 100 87 Investigation of phoiiniiim pests ... ... 100 88 [ Legal expenses ... ... ... 50 89 I Purchase of stud stock, including expenses of importation ... ... ... ; [ ( 000 90 i Removal expenses ... ... ... 500 91 | Subscriptions and extensions to telephones, including bureau charges ... ... ... 50 92 Subsidies to local bodies for the destruction of the kea 50 93 Subsidy towards improvement Riiakurn Farm drainage system ... ... ... 50 94 Travelling-allowances and expenses ... ... 10,500 95 j Travelling expenses of A. McTaggart, Agriculturist, 11 in Australia ... ... ... 96 Wages and Expenses in connection with Destruction of Noxious Weeds— £ Wages ... ... 450 500 Other expenses ... ... 50 97 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure in- 50 cidental to the Fields Division items of the vote ■ 63,206 Horticulture Division— 98 Salaries — Professional Division. Class A — lat £600 ... ... 600 Class D— 1 at £365 ... ... ... 365 Clerical Division. Class VI— 1 at £260 ... ... 260 Class VII— £ lat £200 ... ... 200 lat£180 ... ... 1H0 lat£165 ... ... L65 lat £120 120 665 Class VIII— lat £88 ... ... ... 88 Ghneral Division. 1 at £310 ... ... 310 3 at £270 ... ... 810 1 at £260 ... .. 260 3 at £250 ... 750 2 at £240 ... ... 480 3 at £230 ... ... 690 4 at £220 ... ... 880 1 at £215 ... 215 5 at £210 ... j ,050 1 at £200 '200 2 at £190 ... 880